Molten brake piston seals
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Molten brake piston seals
After my most recent track day I noticed the seals around the front brake pistons are mostly molten/disintegrated. I used porterfield R4 pads which worked pretty well (brake-intensive track), but noticed were starting to crumble when I took them off after I came back. Does anyone have similar experiences - are brake ducts required or could a different pad fix the overheating issue (I'm trying XP10s now)?
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Originally Posted by haemmeri,Aug 14 2007, 02:16 PM
Does anyone have similar experiences - are brake ducts required or could a different pad fix the overheating issue
I've been running the car for several years now without those dust seals at all. No apparent problems have resulted.
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This may be a chicken and egg thing...
I've seen deteriorated/ripped seals tug on the piston in such a way as to cause it to get cocked in the piston bore.
This prevents the piston from kicking back enough and causes the pad to ride on the disk all the time.
That in turn causes the brake to heat up more than before promoting further destruction of the seal.
I've seen deteriorated/ripped seals tug on the piston in such a way as to cause it to get cocked in the piston bore.
This prevents the piston from kicking back enough and causes the pad to ride on the disk all the time.
That in turn causes the brake to heat up more than before promoting further destruction of the seal.
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Originally Posted by davepk,Aug 14 2007, 03:05 PM
This may be a chicken and egg thing...
I've seen deteriorated/ripped seals tug on the piston in such a way as to cause it to get cocked in the piston bore.
This prevents the piston from kicking back enough and causes the pad to ride on the disk all the time.
That in turn causes the brake to heat up more than before promoting further destruction of the seal.
I've seen deteriorated/ripped seals tug on the piston in such a way as to cause it to get cocked in the piston bore.
This prevents the piston from kicking back enough and causes the pad to ride on the disk all the time.
That in turn causes the brake to heat up more than before promoting further destruction of the seal.
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I've had this problem on a few cars in the past. The function of the seal is to keep dirt out of the piston bore. If the seal is removed or compromised there could be a problem at pad change time. When you retract the pistons to get the pads in you could push dirt back into the bore. That may score the bore and hasten the wear on the pison's O ring.
If you take an extra couple of minutes you can clean the area with some brake cleaner prior to retracting the pistons.
Pads that crumble could be a sign of a bed in problem.
If you take an extra couple of minutes you can clean the area with some brake cleaner prior to retracting the pistons.
Pads that crumble could be a sign of a bed in problem.
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The "piston seal" that you see deteriorating is the dust cover for the actual seal. As long as no fluid is leaking around the seal, you should be fine. However, like davepk said, if you notice a dragging pad, I'd look into removing or replacing them.
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Originally Posted by davepk,Aug 14 2007, 02:05 PM
This may be a chicken and egg thing...
I've seen deteriorated/ripped seals tug on the piston in such a way as to cause it to get cocked in the piston bore.
This prevents the piston from kicking back enough and causes the pad to ride on the disk all the time.
That in turn causes the brake to heat up more than before promoting further destruction of the seal.
I've seen deteriorated/ripped seals tug on the piston in such a way as to cause it to get cocked in the piston bore.
This prevents the piston from kicking back enough and causes the pad to ride on the disk all the time.
That in turn causes the brake to heat up more than before promoting further destruction of the seal.
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Originally Posted by davepk,Aug 14 2007, 06:24 PM
LOL
I remember that!
Buttonwillow if i recall correctly. We had to pound that backing plate off of the piston.
I remember that!
Buttonwillow if i recall correctly. We had to pound that backing plate off of the piston.
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